Culminating Task

Snow Day?

Apply what we’ve learned about weather to a winter storm

Students apply models and ideas they figured out from Learning Sequences 1, 2, and 3 to explain what is happening with a new phenomenon: a winter storm that crossed the United States in February 2017.

Resources

Teacher Guide
- Designed to guide you through each section of the curriculum by providing step-by-step instructions for lessons, sample videos of activities, background science content, and NGSS connections.
All Student Activity Sheets for Challenges 1-3
- Each lesson has activity sheets that you can download separately (see below), or you can download all of the activity sheets used in a learning sequence using the link above.
Digital Student Activity Sheets for Challenges 1-3
- Designed to be used with online learning management systems, like Google Classroom. Check out the Digital Worksheet Guide for more instructions on how to use these worksheets. Make sure to log into your Google account before copying any of the sheets to your drive.
Powerpoints
- Powerpoint slides have been developed for each section of the curriculum to help organize and guide your students through lessons and activities.
Final Assessments
- The final assessment is an open response test that targets fundamental science ideas learned in the unit as well as the NGSS science practices of data analysis and interpretation and modeling. The final assessment should be administered following the culminating task.
Digital Final Assessment
- As with the Digital Student Activity Sheets, these assements are designed to be used with online learning management systems, like Google Classroom. Check out the Digital Worksheet Guide for more instructions on how to use these tools. Make sure to log into your Google account before copying any of the sheets to your drive. Make a direct copy here: Final Assessment Worksheet; Drawing.